- Licensed inMinnesota
- LicenseLP5835
- NPI 1447656723
- Experience8+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Kara
Dr. Kara Richardson-Cline is a Minnesota psychologist with eight years of clinical experience. She holds a PhD and a master's degree from the University of North Dakota and maintains her MN Psychologist credential (LP5835).
Her background includes work in medical settings and supervision of other mental health providers. She works with adults on common problems like anxiety, depression, stress, grief, sleep difficulties, and addiction. She also supports people facing relationship or family concerns, parenting strain, career stress, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Her practice includes care for those coping with chronic illness, caregiving burdens, and issues related to adoption and abandonment. Her style is collaborative and person-focused. She centers sessions on what each person wants to change.
Dr. Richardson-Cline blends an attachment-informed perspective with client-centered work and cognitive-behavioral strategies to tailor care to individual needs. She also draws on mindfulness techniques and hypnotherapy where helpful.
In sessions she helps people identify patterns, practice new skills, and try small changes between meetings. She aims for straightforward, practical work that fits everyday life. Outside of work she enjoys time with family, being outdoors, and her two dogs, who may sometimes appear during video sessions.
She welcomes international clients and offers multiple online formats to make therapy easier to schedule.
Credentials
- Psychologist (Minnesota)
- License LP5835 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1447656723 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kara names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Attachment-informed and practical approaches for online care
Dr. Richardson-Cline uses attachment-informed work to help people understand how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach looks at closeness, trust, and how people respond when they feel threatened, which can be useful for relationship concerns and attachment issues.She also uses client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening and shaping sessions around each person's goals. That approach helps people feel heard while deciding what changes matter most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another part of her toolkit; CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and address sleep or stress problems.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. She will collaborate with clients to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean trying a mix of attachment-focused discussion, skill practice from CBT, and mindfulness or hypnotherapy techniques when appropriate.
Online formats she offers include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are good for face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports short updates and between-session contact. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, sleep problems, depression, ADHD, addictions, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career issues, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style?
Her approach is collaborative and person-centered. She focuses on your goals and combines attachment-informed work, client-centered listening, and cognitive-behavioral techniques.
What is her clinical background?
She earned a master's degree and a PhD from the University of North Dakota and has worked in medical settings while supervising other mental health providers.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed as a MN Psychologist with credential LP5835 and practices from Minnesota.
Which languages are supported and can she work across borders?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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